Staring at Strangers
"From Michoacan, Mexico, to New York City, two lawyers compare lives and the strangers about them, with commentary on ordinary technology, books and law."
Author: Jennifer J. Rose is vice-chair of the ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, chair of its bylaws committee, vice chair of its leadership training committee and list manager of the e-mail discussion list Solosez and lives in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. She also authors Stuff Lawyers Like. David Leffler is a founding member of Leffler Marcus & McCaffrey in New York City.
Blawg Related Categories: International • North America • States • New York • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Staring at Strangers
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One Magazine to Die For
It’s no secret that I’ve never met a magazine I didn’t like. (How’s that for a triple negative?) From Prison Living to Tapestry (a magazine for cross-dressers and transsexuals), I’m fascinated by more than just…
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First Stop in the New World Should be the Next Book You Read
We pirated this video from David Lida, who just happened to write one of the best books about Mexico published this year. Don’t ask any questions. Just buy the book. Trust me. It’s that good.…
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Whats Good for General Motors is Good for Americaand for Mexico
Last month, I bought a new car. Even though my beloved Eldorado had served me well, it was time. I flirted with the notion of buying a Hitler car, and I flirted with buying a…
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A Rorschach Test for Latin American Democracy
Steve Cotton at Same Life – New Location analyzes what The Economist’s Latinobarómetro poll really means. But then there were always people who could find meaning in William Faulkner’s The Bear. Technorati Tags: democracy, Latinobarometro…
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The Girl Effect
I came across a remarkable web site today - The Girl Effect. The site describes how ending child marriages for girls in developing countries and getting them education improves economic and health conditions for them…
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Food for the Apocalypse
It started innocently enough. A Mexican friend, a worldly and sophisticated kind of guy, a man who had actually lived in foreign countries for substantial periods of his life, started out with a fond reminiscence…
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Google as Oracle
This past Wednesday The Wall Street Journal reported on Google's new service, Google Flu Trends. Seems that Google can predict a local flu epidemic about 2 weeks ahead of more conventional methods. They do this…
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Hunting Season
Wednesday morning, November 12, started out like any other quiet, sunny fall weekday in Patzcuaro, a town some 36 miles from Morelia. By noon, the town would join a growing roster of other Mexican cities…
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Google Analytics Rocks!
Jennifer has signed SAS on to Google Analytics and viewing the incredible analysis of our humble blog I feel like the RULER OF THE WORLD! Whooboy! Look at the tables, look at the maps! Yea!…
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Wolves at the Door
Will it be The Family or La Familia? Is there a difference? Technorati Tags: Guernica, La Familia, The Family, Jeff Sharlet